1955-56 Northern Rugby League Championship

Hull F.C. won the Championship, beating Halifax 10-9 in the Final. Decided by a top-4 playoff (2 Semi-Finals, seeded 1v4 and 2v3 by final table position, then a Final) — this earlier era genuinely used a top-4 format, unlike the later 1964-65-1972-73 seasons which were wrongly assumed top-4 before research corrected them to 16-club (see this file's batch 5-6 headers). This season's source page has no explicit championship-points column; Pts below is 2×Won+Drawn.

Championship 1955-56 ▾

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1	Warrington	34	27	1	6	712	349	+363	55
2	Halifax	36	28	2	6	761	306	+455	58
3	St Helens	34	27	0	7	766	351	+415	54
4	Hull F.C.	36	25	1	10	720	458	+262	51
5	Wigan	34	22	2	10	596	402	+194	46
6	Featherstone Rovers	36	23	2	11	579	464	+115	48
7	Barrow	34	21	2	11	676	506	+170	44
8	Bradford Northern	36	22	2	12	622	455	+167	46
9	Oldham	34	20	0	14	658	455	+203	40
10	Swinton	34	19	2	13	441	373	+68	40
11	Leigh	34	19	2	13	588	565	+23	40
12	Leeds	36	21	0	15	698	564	+134	42
13	York	36	20	0	16	503	472	+31	40
14	Huddersfield	36	18	1	17	606	544	+62	37
15	Workington Town	34	17	0	17	532	520	+12	34
16	Keighley	36	18	0	18	495	525	-30	36
17	Wakefield Trinity	36	17	0	19	581	539	+42	34
18	Hunslet	36	17	0	19	511	588	-77	34
19	Bramley	34	16	0	18	535	605	-70	32
20	Rochdale Hornets	34	15	0	19	475	514	-39	30
21	Whitehaven	34	14	1	19	482	499	-17	29
22	Salford	34	13	1	20	391	575	-184	27
23	Widnes	34	11	0	23	403	519	-116	22
24	Hull Kingston Rovers	36	11	1	24	365	747	-382	23
25	Doncaster	34	7	5	22	349	592	-243	19
26	Blackpool Borough	34	9	0	25	449	745	-296	18
27	Castleford	36	9	0	27	462	751	-289	18
28	Liverpool City	34	8	0	26	375	685	-310	16
29	Dewsbury	34	8	0	26	315	700	-385	16
30	Batley	34	7	1	26	367	645	-278	15

Qualified for the finals series — the Championship knockout playoff that season.

Championship playoff

Semi-Final

Date	Result	Venue
21 Apr 1956	Halifax 23–8 St Helens	Thrum Hall, Halifax
21 Apr 1956	Warrington 0–17 Hull F.C.	Wilderspool, Warrington

Final

Date	Result	Venue
12 May 1956	Halifax 9–10 Hull F.C.	Maine Road, Manchester

Sources

Championship Playoffs 1955-56 — Rugby League Project

Sources

Northern Rugby League 1955-56 — Rugby League Project

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